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WR O'Keeron Rutherford: QB Josh Greer and the O-Line: TE Chris Loving: DE Jarrian Roberts going for the "Scrimmage Sack" on Greer: DB Vershad Jackson making a great play on a pass, DB Kishawn McClain looking on in approval:

Like I said in the other thread, I'm more of a video/film guy but wanted to try my hand at taking some stills with my new toy. It took a while to post them because I cleaned them up a bit, but let me know what you guys think! I also give permission for anyone to use them if you want under Creative Commons Licensing. -- Stephen QB Connor Means: K Trevor Moore: Coach Mac and TE Chris Loving: QB Josh Greer tossing to TE Chris Loving in the flat: More to come in a little bit!

I grabbed a few photos with my new camera Saturday from the game. I'll gladly post a few if some of you are interested. I'm more of a video guy, but lighting, shading and focal points all work the same, so this is my first shot at action stills. I'd love to share what I've done with you guys.

Completely agree. And not only that, but if you're going to have a young guy like DeShields on the roster, you've got to give him at bats. Sometimes that's at the expense of the hot bat in the lineup. I'd rather have that hot bat STILL in the lineup in September than having him out for the season by June. I don't know if anyone aside from forevereagle has noticed or not, but that's been kind of the pattern with most of our good players lately.

Dang, it! I'm graduating seven months too late!!!

I had the privilege of calling p-b-p for that first game of the series this weekend for the meangreensports.com feed. I apologize to anyone who had to listen.

Bass does high school play-by-play. I can say this with certainty because I've worked in the past with the same company he has. While I'd love to get the gig, myself (Although I'll still be a UNT student this coming football season) . . . Sea-Bass gets my vote.

Well-earned. Jub has been a great ambassador to the University.

Don't worry. I am willing to bet Ben knows a lot about strength and conditioning and could rehab his own knee quite nicely, knee-jerks notwithstanding. I bet if you asked him, he probably knows the perfect training program that could convert Trevor Moore into playing shape to be a linebacker. Let's just hire Ben.

Dude looks like he could pass as Gary Patterson's older brother.

According to this article: http://www.oaoa.com/news/education/utpb/article_d560a3d4-baa2-11e3-8ad7-001a4bcf6878.html, the fee already in place was estimated at $180 per semester for students (roughly $15 per credit hour based on 12 hours) and is being raised an additional $35 per semester (or a shade less than $3 per hour for 12 hours). So, they've actually approved what amounts to an estimated fee of $18 per credit hour. And technically, it's a fee that was already being paid anyway so there's really no change for the students.

I don't care how good their roster looks, if a head coach isn't signing at least one solid QB recruit every season, they're failing. I'd much rather have a stable of guys that could start at most G6 programs across the country than try to count on one guy as your be-all, end-all and two-to-three spares backing him up.

Well, "little SSP" did start his first career game against UAB . . . But in all seriousness, based on what you've said I have some theories.

Your mudslinging practically writes itself. Imagine ending your campaign ads like this: " . . . Of which, I will then make an agreement with Taco Bueno that for everyone in attendance will get a free taco or burrito from Taco Bueno if we win by more than 1 point. And we as Texans all know the only people that don't like tacos are yankees . . . and *insert opponent name* is anti-taco. You do the math." Then sign off with "I'm Travis and I approve this message" or somesuch.

I don't know if you'd run well against a "Green" candidate, though. I think the deck would be stacked against you what with the team nickname and then the puns about being a "green" campus. You'd be better off if he ran as an independent.

And I totally agree with you on that.

I'm not necessarily disagreeing with anyone in particular on here. I was just simply pointing out that TCU never really stopped playing the FCS teams. They took a break from it for a while, but picked it up again. That never hurt their credibility. They also didn't really have a "program-defining win" until 2005 vs. Oklahoma, a game where the Sooners were favored by 25, had not lost a home game in seven years, and were coming off a national title game appearance. Speaking of Oklahoma, I found something interesting in my research as I dug further. TCU actually got Oklahoma to come to Fort Worth in 1998, the year they beat USC in the Sun Bowl. They lost 10-9 to the Sooners that night at home. Like I said, I really see both sides of the argument here. Personally though, I don't mind playing FCS teams because we just need to amass wins. That's what teams like TCU and Boise did. When they started winning the money games on the road, that's when people took notice and that's when scheduling became easier for them. But I'm not gonna lie: It would be dang sexy to get a big-name team to come to Apogee and we give them a heck of a game. But until I'm comfortable that we can give them a heck of a game, I have to remember that getting pounded at home would be even further embarrassing than it happening on the road. And the teams I posted that TCU played during that span does point to what many (myself included) feel, is that it's not that we're even asking for a team like Alabama or A&M to come in here, we just want someone that people would actually KNOW and we have a great chance of beating from a P5. I'd start looking in the Pac-12 since they would love some Texas exposure and ask a team like Colorado, who used to play here regularly in the Big XII. I'd also consider either Washington, Washington State or even Utah. I'd then shift to the B1G and ask Northwestern. As I posted before, they played TCU a lot and I'm willing to bet would do a home-and-home with us. (Not to mention it would be a battle of two great film schools ) I also think Illinois would be doable as well. In the ACC, I'm thinking a Syracuse or Virginia would be a great grab. I especially point out Virginia since W. Virginia is one of their closest rivals and they're in DFW every other year. And then just for grins, I'd still love to see some G5 teams like Boise St., Memphis, Cincinnati or Houston and then of course the one G5 coming to Apogee that would just make too dang much sense . . . Colorado St. Who wouldn't love to finally see a New Orleans Bowl re-match!? Okay, I've rambled enough . . .

People seem to forget really quickly that TCU played Cal-Davis in '06, Stephen F. Austin in '08, Texas State in '09 (FCS at the time), Tennesee Tech in '10 and Portland State in '11. I won't bother to go beyond '11 simply because they became P5 after that. It should also be noted that the Horned Frogs' OOC home schedule looked like this from '02-'11: 2002: SMU (3-9), UNT (8-5) 2003: Navy (8-5), Vanderbilt (2-10) 2004: Northwestern (6-6), SMU (3-8) 2005: Army (4-7) -- it should also be noted that TCU only played 11 games in '05 and only had 5 home games 2006: Cal-Davis, Texas Tech (8-5) -- I'll point out here that the Tech game was TCU's first home sellout since 1984 2007: Baylor (3-9), SMU (1-11) 2008: Stephen F. Austin, Stanford (5-7) 2009: Texas State, SMU (8-5) -- I'll point out here that the Utah game this season was the second TCU home sellout since 1984 2010: Tennessee Tech, Baylor (7-6) -- TCU also played Oregon St. at Jerry World, but that was treated as a "road" game. Also, TCU got sellouts 3 and 4 this season in the games against Baylor and Air Force 2011: Louisiana-Monroe (4-8), Portland State -- There was also a Jerry World OOC game against BYU that actually was treated as a "home" game. My real point is: They had some big-name teams come in here and there, but for the most part they just got beatable big-conference teams in. They won those games and made a name for themselves by winning. To me it's pretty simple. Winning breeds winning and it takes patience in order to do so. Even when they were gaining momentum and getting better, they still had their setback seasons. (2004 and 2007 to be exact) The key was that they beat the teams that they "should have" beaten and they competed against the teams they "shouldn't have" beaten, even beating a few of them. They got thumped though, too. But they bounced back. I honestly think for us, it's less about who we play and about HOW we play. After all . . .

Let's break this down, shall we? Since someone is begging for proof-reading, I'll happily provide a little. "In the article about UNT winning the Homecoming 31-10, they list the stats in the box...but what?? For starters, the capitalized "h" in homecoming is unnecessary. Also, who is "they?" You later mention R. V., but I doubt he's actually the writer. You also allude to mystery about whom the writer is with this first "sentence," but then later give hints that you actually know. Perhaps a mystery with revelation is what you were going for, but it's still a pretty hard plot to follow. Also, your ellipsis should be one space apart from each other . . . just like I did there. I should add that only one question mark is necessary. "yea...your right...those are the stats for FAU....RV...are you at the buffet again or looking for the next Todd Dodge ???" Come on, man. You capitalize the "h" in homecoming and then don't start your next sentence with a capital letter? You can do better than that . . . and this is the second time I'll mention the ellipsis. Since someone clearly needs a lesson, here is some more reading on the subject: http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/marks/ellipsis.htm The ellipsis also indicate that you're omitting a lot of words, so I'm sure the reader is confused as to what they should insert during those breaks. They'd flow a lot better and make more sense as separate sentences. And I'll say this one more time: It's really only necessary to type one question mark. Finally, your = possession, you're = "you + are." Edit: Oh, and when abbreviating proper names, you should use a period and a space after each initial. So, it should be R. V. and not RV. _____ But seriously, like others have said: It's usually a student that handles a lot of the stat-work for the site and they really don't need to be called out publicly like that. Chill out and calm down. Besides, it looks to me like they've fixed it.

It's channel 608, but I believe you have to subscribe to it.

Don't eat any apples, fellas. The Big Apple now has Ebola . . . http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/10/23/ebola-in-nyc-the-answer-will-be-here-in-12-hours/17786777/

How did we beat a team 34-7 in 2013 that had beaten us 38-21 the year before? Was this Golden Eagles team the exact same team that they beat 52-14 last season? That's really the only valid comparison. For starters, Nick Mullens was making his first career NCAA start in last year's game. He's improved quite a bit since then. Second, So. Miss's lead rusher in this season's game was a freshman. Then there's the fact that the Golden Eagles were win-less headed into that game last year. It may not seem like it, but your motivation headed into a game with an 0-6 record and an 18 game losing streak is quite a bit different than entering 2-4 and actually boasting a 3-4 record over your last seven. My point is, yes . . . this season has sucked so far and has been hard to endure, but I've still got a good outlook for the future. I could be wrong, but anyone posting here could be. But I still have faith in this coaching staff. After all, last season proved that given the right group of guys, they can do it. Not to mention, Southern Miss. recruited in the off-season too, I believe. They held spring workouts and summer camps too, I'm willing to bet. It's pretty ridiculous to expect that they didn't get better from last year to this year. I will say I'm concerned at this point being 2-5, but I'm not sounding any alarms, yet. There's still opportunity to right this ship and if we can't, then we've got a lot to learn from towards next season.

I know they're rare, but I've seen some grad students that wear apparel of the school they attended for their undergrad. It's tough to fault those guys, although it would be nice to see them support their current school.

I don't think we use anyone like that currently. We just have wraps that go over the helmets. I believe these are the guys that use some kind of paint, oil & water tub that they dip the canvas (like a car rim or a helmet or anything you want "textured." They're really cool. Teams then put their decals over the texturing, so I believe this is something that ends up being more permanent on the helmet. I could be wrong though but I did see a show featuring this a few weeks ago and they were texturing car rims. EDIT: I wrote this before the videos were added. I'll have to check those out.

I can see it now. Benford exits the stadium saying, "I get it now. In order to win we need to play football. That's the key to our success." He then heads to the closest Barnes & Noble in search of this book: